<p class="poetry">The one who weeps as he walks along, carrying his bag<n id="1" /> of seed,p> <p class="poetry">will certainly come in with a shout of joy, carrying his sheaves of grain.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">They<n id="1" /> rebel against you<n id="2" /> and act deceitfully;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">your enemies lie.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Rise up, <sc>Lordsc>!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">O God, strike him down!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Do not forget the oppressed!p>

<p class="poetry">Let us lift up our hearts<n id="1" /> and our handsp> <p class="poetry">to God in heaven:p>

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;As you continue on from there, you will come to the tall tree of Tabor. At that point three men who are going up to God at Bethel<n id="1" /> will meet you. One of them will be carrying three young goats, one of them will be carrying three round loaves of bread, and one of them will be carrying a container of wine.

and all the women whose heart stirred them to action and who were skilled<n id="1" /> spun goats&#8217; hair.p>

&#8220;Take a census<n id="1" /> of the Kohathites from among the Levites, by their families and by their clans,

&#8220;Also take a census of the Gershonites, by their clans and by their families.

David came to Saul and stood before him. Saul liked him a great deal,<n id="1" /> and he became his armor bearer.

<n id="1" /><p class="bodytext">The Philistine kept coming closer to David, with his shield bearer walking in front of him.

Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite (the armor-bearer<n id="1" /> of Joab son of Zeruiah),

Solomon also had 70,000 common laborers<n id="1" /> and 80,000 stonecutters<n id="2" /> in the hills,

When his armor bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell on his sword and died.

<p class="bodytext">Zelek the Ammonite,p> <p class="bodytext">Naharai the Beerothite, the armor-bearer of Joab son of Zeruiah,p>

<p class="poetry">The one whose deeds are blamelessp> <p class="poetry">and whose motives are pure,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">who does not lie,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">or make promises with no intention of keeping them.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">O <sc>Lordsc> our God, you answered them.p> <p class="poetry">They found you to be a forgiving God,p> <p class="poetry">but also one who punished their sinful deeds.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">A person with great anger bears the penalty,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">but if you deliver him from it once, you will have to do it again.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">I hate your new moon festivals and assemblies;p> <p class="poetry">they are a burdenp> <p class="poetry">that I am tired of carrying.p>

<p class="poetry">Indeed, the <sc>Lordsc> who commands armies has planned a day of judgment,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">for<n id="2" /> all the high and mighty,p> <p class="poetry">for all who are proud &#8211; they will be humiliated;p>

<p class="poetry">The Elamites picked up the quiver,p> <p class="poetry">and came with chariots and horsemen;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">the men of Kir<n id="2" /> prepared<n id="3" /> the shield.<n id="4" />p>